Karen O'Hara lost $18,000 to gambling machines in the Hunter this year but now things are looking up

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Updated November 8 2019 - 1:57pm, first published 7:00am
LOOKING UP: Karen O'Hara of Arcadia Vale wants to share the story of her gambling addiction to reach others who are struggling. Picture: Marina Neil
LOOKING UP: Karen O'Hara of Arcadia Vale wants to share the story of her gambling addiction to reach others who are struggling. Picture: Marina Neil

Despite spending $25,000 on poker machines in 2013, Arcadia Vale's Karen O'Hara said she did not accept her gambling habit was a problem until New Year's Eve three years later.

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Phoebe Moloney

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